Eamonn Noonan
@duhallow.bsky.social
International relations, human rights, strategic foresight, history.
Hibernia me genuit, Germania Italiaque me docuit, Belgia me recepit, Norvegia me tenet.
Hibernia me genuit, Germania Italiaque me docuit, Belgia me recepit, Norvegia me tenet.
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First part of today's partially shizophrenic votes in - where the EP plenary, based on the 'von der Leyen' majority against the far-right, voted in favour of the 90+% carbon reduction goal for 2040.
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
First part of today's partially shizophrenic votes in - where the EP plenary, based on the 'von der Leyen' majority against the far-right, voted in favour of the 90+% carbon reduction goal for 2040.
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On 13 November the EEAS Secretary-General Belén Martínez Carbonell will speak at the ESPAS Annual Conference. Join us to find out how strategic foresight helps European diplomacy anticipate global trends.
Webstream will be made available on the day via the link: www.espas.eu/conference20...
Webstream will be made available on the day via the link: www.espas.eu/conference20...
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
On 13 November the EEAS Secretary-General Belén Martínez Carbonell will speak at the ESPAS Annual Conference. Join us to find out how strategic foresight helps European diplomacy anticipate global trends.
Webstream will be made available on the day via the link: www.espas.eu/conference20...
Webstream will be made available on the day via the link: www.espas.eu/conference20...
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This really struck me. If Uber were legally acknowledged as an employer, then it would be the biggest employer in the world, with over 9,000,000 employees globally. Think about how many taxes, wages, and protections are being lost b/c of their intransigence.
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
This really struck me. If Uber were legally acknowledged as an employer, then it would be the biggest employer in the world, with over 9,000,000 employees globally. Think about how many taxes, wages, and protections are being lost b/c of their intransigence.
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TIME Magazine (!!!) asked me to explain what the wider world should know about Catherine Connolly:
time.com/7333194/irel...
time.com/7333194/irel...
The Meaning of Ireland's New Anti-Establishment President
Catherine Connolly has a change mandate that may put her at odds with Ireland's own government—and its allies in Europe and America.
time.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
TIME Magazine (!!!) asked me to explain what the wider world should know about Catherine Connolly:
time.com/7333194/irel...
time.com/7333194/irel...
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We're calling for a new pact to restore the labour share and channel profits back into productive activity.
That means:
👛 Fair wage growth
🪙 Public and private investment
🔎 Monitoring of corporate profits
🏦 Reformed fiscal rules
🟰 Fair taxation
That means:
👛 Fair wage growth
🪙 Public and private investment
🔎 Monitoring of corporate profits
🏦 Reformed fiscal rules
🟰 Fair taxation
www.etuc.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We're calling for a new pact to restore the labour share and channel profits back into productive activity.
That means:
👛 Fair wage growth
🪙 Public and private investment
🔎 Monitoring of corporate profits
🏦 Reformed fiscal rules
🟰 Fair taxation
That means:
👛 Fair wage growth
🪙 Public and private investment
🔎 Monitoring of corporate profits
🏦 Reformed fiscal rules
🟰 Fair taxation
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@ibarthes.bsky.social 📢 “Wage increases are key to drive demand for goods manufactured in Europe. To help protect jobs at home, Europe's macroeconomic policy must be geared towards increasing workers' purchasing power.”
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
@ibarthes.bsky.social 📢 “Wage increases are key to drive demand for goods manufactured in Europe. To help protect jobs at home, Europe's macroeconomic policy must be geared towards increasing workers' purchasing power.”
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Macroeconomic policy: public investment, strong labour institutions & fair income distribution are not just social priorities but economic imperatives.
Today at the Macroeconomic Dialogue we brought forward trade union solutions for European policies to favour of people and productive investment.
Today at the Macroeconomic Dialogue we brought forward trade union solutions for European policies to favour of people and productive investment.
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Macroeconomic policy: public investment, strong labour institutions & fair income distribution are not just social priorities but economic imperatives.
Today at the Macroeconomic Dialogue we brought forward trade union solutions for European policies to favour of people and productive investment.
Today at the Macroeconomic Dialogue we brought forward trade union solutions for European policies to favour of people and productive investment.
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Le colloque est maintenu. Il se déplace hors des murs du Collège de France. En outre, le colloque sera diffusé en direct et intégralement enregistré.
Bravo aux organisateurs et intervenants !
carep-paris.org/annonce/comm...
Bravo aux organisateurs et intervenants !
carep-paris.org/annonce/comm...
Communiqué n°2 : Notre colloque se tiendra, comme prévu, les 13 et 14 novembre prochains.
Le colloque « La Palestine et l’Europe » se tiendra les 13 et 14 novembre, réaffirmant la liberté académique et le partage du savoir.
carep-paris.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Le colloque est maintenu. Il se déplace hors des murs du Collège de France. En outre, le colloque sera diffusé en direct et intégralement enregistré.
Bravo aux organisateurs et intervenants !
carep-paris.org/annonce/comm...
Bravo aux organisateurs et intervenants !
carep-paris.org/annonce/comm...
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L’annulation d’un colloque sur la Palestine au Collège de France suscite critiques et incompréhension dans le monde universitaire
L’annulation d’un colloque sur la Palestine au Collège de France suscite critiques et incompréhension dans le monde universitaire
France Universités, qui regroupe les dirigeants d’université, a exprimé lundi son « incompréhension » et sa « vive inquiétude » face à une décision qui « porte atteinte à la liberté académique », selon elle.
www.lemonde.fr
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
L’annulation d’un colloque sur la Palestine au Collège de France suscite critiques et incompréhension dans le monde universitaire
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Censure du colloque "Palestine et Europe" au Collège de France : nous sommes déjà près de 1500 chercheurs et chercheuses à demander la démission du ministre de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche Philippe Baptiste. On peut signer ici : docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Atteinte aux libertés académiques : monsieur le Ministre, vous devez démissionner
Les 13 et 14 novembre doit se tenir au Collège de France un colloque international intitulé « La Palestine et l’Europe : poids du passé et dynamiques contemporaines ». Après une polémique initiée par ...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Censure du colloque "Palestine et Europe" au Collège de France : nous sommes déjà près de 1500 chercheurs et chercheuses à demander la démission du ministre de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche Philippe Baptiste. On peut signer ici : docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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For two years, our team of journalists in Gaza illuminated what Israel sought to keep hidden, while enduring the very displacement, starvation, and loss that they reported on.
This is the genocide through their eyes: An illustrated timeline.
www.972mag.com/the-genocide...
This is the genocide through their eyes: An illustrated timeline.
www.972mag.com/the-genocide...
The genocide through their eyes: An illustrated timeline - +972 Magazine
For two years, our team of journalists in Gaza illuminated what Israel sought to keep hidden, while enduring the very displacement, starvation, and loss that they reported on. This is what they saw.
www.972mag.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
For two years, our team of journalists in Gaza illuminated what Israel sought to keep hidden, while enduring the very displacement, starvation, and loss that they reported on.
This is the genocide through their eyes: An illustrated timeline.
www.972mag.com/the-genocide...
This is the genocide through their eyes: An illustrated timeline.
www.972mag.com/the-genocide...
The peacefire continues.
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, the images show.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The peacefire continues.
Man bites dog.
Danish wind farm company challenges planning permission for Tipperary woman’s home.
www.independent.ie/regionals/ti... #planning #environment #windfarm #noise #Tipperary #renewables #Sustainability
www.independent.ie/regionals/ti... #planning #environment #windfarm #noise #Tipperary #renewables #Sustainability
Wind farm company challenges planning permission for Tipperary woman’s home
A renewable energy company has appealed a Tipperary County Council decision to grant planning permission for a home for a local woman and her family.
www.independent.ie
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Man bites dog.
War crimes, crimes against humanity, or both?
Who will press for accountability?
Who will press for accountability?
Israel attacked Palestinian water sources over 250 times in five years, data reveals
Armed forces and settlers used bombs, dogs, poison and machinery to attack people and infrastructure at key sites
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
War crimes, crimes against humanity, or both?
Who will press for accountability?
Who will press for accountability?
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“Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers.”
The stories will get worse over time as censorship erodes. But we knew and didn’t stop it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The stories will get worse over time as censorship erodes. But we knew and didn’t stop it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Nobel laureate Modiano tells a story of meetings and partings in Parisian cafés through the eyes of four interconnected characters. So well crafted and well paced. The best drawn character of all may be the streets of Paris, both alluring and aloof.
Just like the heroine.
Just like the heroine.
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Nobel laureate Modiano tells a story of meetings and partings in Parisian cafés through the eyes of four interconnected characters. So well crafted and well paced. The best drawn character of all may be the streets of Paris, both alluring and aloof.
Just like the heroine.
Just like the heroine.
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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This is insane. This is *literally* doing the same mechanics of the housing crisis and 2008 recession but to create debt to finance construction of AI data centers
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is insane. This is *literally* doing the same mechanics of the housing crisis and 2008 recession but to create debt to finance construction of AI data centers
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
BBC Gives Israeli Deaths 33 Times More Coverage, New Study Reveals | Novara Media
An analysis of over 35,000 broadcast segments and articles found that the BBC referenced the 7 October attacks in at least 40% of its coverage - but only 0.5% of articles referenced Israel’s decades o...
novaramedia.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
The past is never dead. It isn’t even past.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The past is never dead. It isn’t even past.
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Exclusive: The US gathered intelligence last year that Israel’s military lawyers warned there was evidence that could support war crimes charges against Israel for its Gaza military campaign — operations reliant on US-supplied weapons, ex-US officials said reut.rs/4i7mXy9
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Exclusive: The US gathered intelligence last year that Israel’s military lawyers warned there was evidence that could support war crimes charges against Israel for its Gaza military campaign — operations reliant on US-supplied weapons, ex-US officials said reut.rs/4i7mXy9
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As predicted, the EU is ready to dismantle its Digital Rulebook as it did with the Green Deal.
It does so upon US administration’s demand and under Big Tech pressure.
It’s a self-inflicted political decision putting the EU on a deregulatory turn on.ft.com/47vqFOl
It does so upon US administration’s demand and under Big Tech pressure.
It’s a self-inflicted political decision putting the EU on a deregulatory turn on.ft.com/47vqFOl
EU weighs pausing parts of landmark AI act in face of US and Big Tech pressure
Brussels is set to water down part of its strict digital rule book as it aims to make bloc more competitive
on.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
As predicted, the EU is ready to dismantle its Digital Rulebook as it did with the Green Deal.
It does so upon US administration’s demand and under Big Tech pressure.
It’s a self-inflicted political decision putting the EU on a deregulatory turn on.ft.com/47vqFOl
It does so upon US administration’s demand and under Big Tech pressure.
It’s a self-inflicted political decision putting the EU on a deregulatory turn on.ft.com/47vqFOl
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Even I thought this was one of mine!
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Even I thought this was one of mine!
Delighted to visit #chartres cathedral today. I was not able to walk the 800 year old #labyrinth as it was covered with seating. Instead I walked a replica I found just outside.
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Delighted to visit #chartres cathedral today. I was not able to walk the 800 year old #labyrinth as it was covered with seating. Instead I walked a replica I found just outside.